Airlines & Lessors

PLAY’s network plans come just days after the carrier was granted its air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the Icelandic Transport Authority ICETRA.

Cathay Pacific is seeing a slight increase in its passenger operations, although it is still far short of any significant recovery.

Austrian plans to operate to more than 100 summer destinations of which around 30 are in the Mediterranean region.

The pandemic has given the airline access to slots in previously hard-to-get major airports.

The partnership between the two government-owned carriers means Emirates customers can travel on codeshare flights from Dubai to over 56 flydubai destinations, while flydubai passengers can access over 82 Emirates destinations.

It’s a sign that the air transport industry is returning to some kind of normal when US lawmakers and union leaders are once again joining hands to

Korean Air is charting a path to a bigger, stronger, more international future.

The airline added 400 new flights to its July schedule, including a host of routes to leisure destinations in the U.S., as well as select flights to Europe.

Angolan regional carrier BestFly has been granted a six-month contract for inter-island flights in the Cape Verde archipelago after former operator TICV ended services.

Breeze's network will focus on point-to-point flights from smaller secondary airports, bypassing hubs; almost 80% of its routes will have no competition.

PLAY is being launched by a team of former executives from Icelandic LCC WOW Air and Icelandic wet-lease provider Air Atlanta.

Ryanair may not be able to deploy any 737 MAX aircraft this summer as delivery delays persist; CEO cites Boeing "mismanage[ment]."

As part of restructuring plans, the president of Philippine Airlines (PAL) has said the carrier is in discussions with lessors to return aircraft.

Airline CEOs express confidence that the aviation industry “possesses the right tools, based on data and science, to enable a safe and meaningful restart to transatlantic travel.”

The quarterly earnings report was Frontier’s first since becoming a public company on March 31, after it held its initial public offering on the Nasdaq.

Azul touts its fleet diversity as a major advantage in the company’s recovery.

The five Airbus A330s will mark the company’s first long-haul aircraft.

Korean Air is continuing to achieve quarterly operating profits, mainly attributable to its surging cargo operations offsetting lost passenger revenue.

India’s GoAir is preparing to issue shares in the carrier through an initial public offering (IPO) while also seeking to rebrand itself.

Russia’s Aeroflot Group has finally brought all of its subsidiary airlines to its home base, Moscow Sheremetyevo International, as part of efforts to optimize its network.

The all-business-class carrier now hopes to resume its transatlantic operations after more than a year of its scheduled services being suspended.

Alitalia’s operations have been heavily affected by Italy’s COVID-19 restrictions, which the European Commission said resulted in “significant operating losses” for the airline.

The airline is one of many in Southeast Asia that are undertaking restructuring efforts and streamlining their fleets.

With the dust settling from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional carriers are on the forefront of the domestic travel recovery now underway in the U.S.

The Los Angeles-based lessor is in discussions with Airbus regarding potentially exercising its options for the OEM’s smallest narrowbody, the A220.